demit

Only last October did he formally demit the Presbyterian ministry.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the contrary, Lanjuinais the Breton declares that there is one man who never will demit voluntarily; but will protest to the uttermost, while a voice is left him.

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

Neither will Barbaroux demit; he "has sworn to die at his post, and will keep that oath."

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

Yas suh, dey had to have a demit to go any place outside work hours.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration

An authority pregnant to predetermine continental issues for unnumbered years to come, however dread its weight, and however frail and faint his mortal strength, he may not demit.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee

We don't seem yet to have demitted our privilege of talking after service.

From Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

On the 2d of October Mr. McPherson arrived from Canada, and I forthwith demitted the charge.

From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. by John M'lean

There may be Cones and Piramides of any Matter, which demitted into the water, rest only their Bases.

From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei

Mr. Gladstone demitted office, and then it behoved the students of the University to cast about for a worthy successor.

From On the Choice of Books by Thomas Carlyle

Bishop Provoost of New York, after fourteen years of service, demitted his functions in 1801, discouraged about the continuance of the church.

From A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon